plädieren

[plɛˈdiːʁən]

/[plɛˈdiːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“plädieren” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,894
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für/zugunsten von etwas sprechen, etwas unterstützen

Corpus desk

Index DE-pladieren · plädieren · German

plädieren · rank #27,894 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,894
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pinneberg

Nearest frequency peer: Pinneberg (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „plädieren“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „plädieren“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

plädieren vs plädiert
78% similar
plädieren vs plädierte
78% similar
plädieren vs platzieren
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for plädieren
PropertyValue
Headwordplädieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[plɛˈdiːʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,894
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „plädieren“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).plädierenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Pinneberg“ (#27,893), „pilgern“ (#27,892), „profitierte“ (#27,896). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „plädieren“ bei #27,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around plädieren (IPA [plɛˈdiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,894 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for plädieren, with forms such as "lpädieren", "pldäieren", and "pllädieren". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "plädiert", "plädierte", "platzieren", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is plädieren, spelled P-L-Ä-D-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    für/zugunsten von etwas sprechen, etwas unterstützen
  2. 2
    bei Gericht eine Partei vertreten, ohne präpositionale Ergänzung: Plädoyer halten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how plädieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich plädiere für ein mehrstufiges Wahlverfahren.
  2. „Der Waldbesitzerverband plädiert nun für mehr Vielfalt (mehr Mischwälder) und die Aufforstung durch trockenresistente Arten wie die nordamerikanische Küstentanne oder die Douglasie.“

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpädieren
  • pldäieren
  • pllädieren
  • pläddieren
  • plädeiren
  • plädieern
  • plädierenn
  • plädierne
  • plädierren
  • plädireen
  • pläideren
  • pplädieren
  • päldieren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plädieren - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lpädieren2pldäieren2pllädieren1pläddieren1plädeiren2plädieern2plädierenn1plädierne2
Edit distance from "plädieren"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plädieren"?
"plädieren" is spelled P-L-Ä-D-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [plɛˈdiːʁən].
What does "plädieren" mean?
As a verb, "plädieren" means: für/zugunsten von etwas sprechen, etwas unterstützen
What words are commonly confused with "plädieren"?
"plädieren" is commonly confused with "plädiert", "plädierte", "platzieren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plädieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plädieren" is [plɛˈdiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plädieren" come from?
"plädieren" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plädieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list